Slack Connector Setup Guide

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Slack brings all your communication together in one place. With this integration, automated messages can be posted to any conversation. This article describes how to set up the Slack connector in your Customer Data Hub account.

In this article:

• Connector Actions
• Configure Settings
• Action Settings — Parameters and Options
• Action — Post Channel Message
• Action — Post Enhanced Message in Channel

Connector Actions

Action Name	AudienceStream	EventStream
Post Channel Message	✓	✓
Post Enhanced Message in Channel	✓	✓

Configure Settings

Navigate to the Connector Marketplace and add a new connector. For general instructions on how to add a connector, see the About Connectors article.

After adding the connector, there are no settings to configure. Click Done to proceed to the next step.

Action Settings — Parameters and Options

Click Continue to configure the connector actions. Enter in a name for the action and then select the action type from the drop-down menu.

The following section describes how to set up parameters and options for each action.

Action — Post Channel Message

Parameters

Parameter	Description
Webhook URL from App	Your Webhook URL generated through the App. For more information, see: Getting started with Incoming Webhooks.
Message	The message to send to the channel associated with the webhook URL specified above. Learn more about Slack message formatting.

Action — Post Enhanced Message in Channel

Parameters

Parameter	Description
Webhook URL from App	Your Webhook URL generated through the App. For more information, see: Getting started with Incoming Webhooks.
Blocks Template Variables	Provide template variables as data input for Blocks (see: Template Variables Guide). Name nested template variables with the dot notation (For example, items.name). Nested template variables are typically built from data layer list attributes.
Blocks	Block Kit visual components to enhance message. Provide an array template for the blocks array to be sent. You can use template variables (see: Templates Guide).
Message	The message to send to the channel associated with the webhook URL specified above. Learn more about Slack message formatting.